Wall Street Journal: Kelly’s Rules for Trump’s West Wing: Stop Bickering, Get in Early, Make an Appointment
New Chief of Staff John Kelly moves quickly to bring order and discipline to a West Wing riven by conflict.
WASHINGTON—In the Oval Office earlier this week, a small group of senior officials talked with President Donald Trump about plans to take on Beijing over intellectual-property theft. When a side debate broke out between two top aides, the new White House chief of staff ordered the pair out of the room.
Return, John Kelly told them, once your differences are resolved, according to a person familiar with the exchange.
The move kept the meeting on track. It also signaled to top staff that Mr. Kelly, a retired four-star general, planned to bring new order and discipline to a West Wing that has been riven for six months with division and disorganization.
After one week, other signs of Mr. Kelly’s taking the reins include the end of the unchecked flow of paperwork that crosses the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office, and a new, more formal process for meeting with the president, according to interviews with more than two dozen White House officials, the president’s informal advisers, associates of Mr. Kelly, members of Congress and Capitol Hill aides.
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WNU Editor: I do not see General Kelly being able to limit President Trump's Twitter use .... but if he could bring some order to the Oval Office .... that would be a big improvement over the past 6 months.
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